skip copy in input/textarea if there is nothing to copy

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [6.2.1] - 2025-10-01
+
+- Fix inability to copy text outside of an input/textarea when it was focused https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6148
+- Fix issue when copying text after a double click https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6148
+
 ## [6.2.0] - 2025-09-30
 
 ### Changed
@@ -3129,6 +3134,7 @@ https://textual.textualize.io/blog/2022/11/08/version-040/#version-040
 - New handler system for messages that doesn't require inheritance
 - Improved traceback handling
 
+[6.2.1]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.2.0...v6.2.1
 [6.2.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.1.0...v6.2.0
 [6.1.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0
 [6.0.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v5.3.0...v6.0.0

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "textual"
-version = "6.2.0"
+version = "6.2.1"
 homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 repository = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 documentation = "https://textual.textualize.io/"

src/textual/screen.py

@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ def get_selected_text(self) -> str | None:
             if selected_text_in_widget is not None:
                 widget_text.extend(selected_text_in_widget)
 
-        selected_text = "".join(widget_text)
+        selected_text = "".join(widget_text).rstrip("\n")
         return selected_text
 
     def action_copy_text(self) -> None:

src/textual/selection.py

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ def extract(self, text: str) -> str:
             start_line, start_offset = self.start.transpose
 
         if self.end is None:
-            end_line = len(lines) - 1
-            end_offset = len(lines[end_line])
+            end_line = len(lines)
+            end_offset = len(lines[-1])
         else:
             end_line, end_offset = self.end.transpose
         end_line = min(len(lines), end_line)

src/textual/widgets/_input.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from textual import events
+from textual.actions import SkipAction
 from textual.expand_tabs import expand_tabs_inline
 from textual.screen import Screen
 from textual.scroll_view import ScrollView
@@ -1106,7 +1107,11 @@ def action_cut(self) -> None:
 
     def action_copy(self) -> None:
         """Copy the current selection to the clipboard."""
-        self.app.copy_to_clipboard(self.selected_text)
+        selected_text = self.selected_text
+        if selected_text:
+            self.app.copy_to_clipboard(selected_text)
+        else:
+            raise SkipAction()
 
     def action_paste(self) -> None:
         """Paste from the local clipboard."""

src/textual/widgets/_text_area.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 from textual._text_area_theme import TextAreaTheme
 from textual._tree_sitter import TREE_SITTER, get_language
+from textual.actions import SkipAction
 from textual.cache import LRUCache
 from textual.color import Color
 from textual.content import Content
@@ -2513,6 +2514,8 @@ def action_copy(self) -> None:
         selected_text = self.selected_text
         if selected_text:
             self.app.copy_to_clipboard(selected_text)
+        else:
+            raise SkipAction()
 
     def action_paste(self) -> None:
         """Paste from local clipboard."""

tests/test_selection.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import pytest
+
+from textual.geometry import Offset
+from textual.selection import Selection
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "text,selection,expected",
+    [
+        ("Hello", Selection(None, None), "Hello"),
+        ("Hello\nWorld", Selection(None, None), "Hello\nWorld"),
+        ("Hello\nWorld", Selection(Offset(0, 1), None), "World"),
+        ("Hello\nWorld", Selection(None, Offset(5, 0)), "Hello"),
+        ("Foo", Selection(Offset(0, 0), Offset(1, 0)), "F"),
+        ("Foo", Selection(Offset(1, 0), Offset(2, 0)), "o"),
+        ("Foo", Selection(Offset(0, 0), Offset(2, 0)), "Fo"),
+        ("Foo", Selection(Offset(0, 0), None), "Foo"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_extract(text: str, selection: Selection, expected: str) -> None:
+    """Test Selection.extract"""
+    assert selection.extract(text) == expected